I've got a story that is based on my life, but I crowded out my heart and embellished it with all kinds of literary devices because I wrote it for school. It caused me not to like the piece, but I do still like the actual story. So now I have to go over it and pick out the parts that are actually in my heart, and purify it of the parts that I only used to make myself sound like an elitist literary author. It will be a somewhat painful challenge. My incentive is the This Is Life Writing Contest, so it looks like Writersco is benefiting me. YaY! Thanks.

Oh GOOD! I've never actually taken a creative writing class so I never had to put in all those "literary devices" and I'm damn glad of it >:) Tell me if you want any opinions, feedback or editing, I'd be happy to help! :D

  I'll do the most I can on my own before asking. However, if you want to see the "before picture" already, the current piece is at 225.Short Stories.Infection.
(Edit: For those of you who may read this after the fact, I'm referring to page version 2.)